The Future of Work: Where Demographics, Technology and Urbanization Collide
Tuesday, September 24, 2019Time & Location
12 - 1:30 p.m.
Room 1020, Ken Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS
Panel 3: MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance‘s ten-week Policy Matters Speaker Series.
AI, disruptive industries, urbanization and demographic changes are rapidly transforming the economy.
This panel looks to the future: what labour policies should we pursue to ensure an appropriate quality of life for Canadians? What changes are employers making to adapt to the new business landscape? How should workers prepare for the jobs of the future?
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Seating is first-come, first-served. Events are also live streamed and the recording is available for viewing following the event.
About the Speakers
Karen Foster
Since 2014, Karen has held the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Rural Futures for Atlantic Canada, and in 2018 she established the Rural Futures Research Centre (RFRC). Her research objective is to help Atlantic Canadians get the data to know themselves–their society, economy and polity–and inform public policy. Her current research focuses on occupational succession in rural Atlantic Canada, an explores the diverse ways Atlantic Canadians make a living, and how some make life ‘work’ in communities with fewer resources. She has written several academic books, including a 2013 study of generational approaches to work and a 2016 examination of the discourse of “productivity”.
Ian Munro
As Chief Economist, Ian manages the Halifax Partnership’s research strategy to provide timely economic intelligence and analysis on the Halifax economy. He leads a team of economic researchers and policy analysts and draws from more than 25 years as a professional economist in both the public and private sectors.
Sunil Johal
Sunil Johal is a public policy executive with nearly twenty years of experience in government and think tanks. He is a Fellow of the Public Policy Forum and the Brookfield Institute.
From 2012 to 2019 he was Policy Director at the University of Toronto’s Mowat Centre, where he led the Centre’s research activities and established himself as a thought leader on issues such as the future of work and the implications of disruptive technologies. In February 2019, he was appointed Chair of the Expert Panel on Modern Labour Standards by the federal Minister of Labour.
Travis McDonough
As Kinduct Chief Executive Officer, Travis is working to help people all over the world make data-driven decisions about their health, training and physical performance. It is this vision that has both transformed and shaped the modern sports-tech market into a global phenomenon, with touchpoints across the spectrum of athletic performance.
About the series
Policy Matters is a weekly panel discussion on major policy issues presented by the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. Each discussion features thought leaders from civil society and focuses on one of the Institute’s four research themes – Civic Engagement, Atlantic Canada and the World, Health Systems and Governance and Smart Infrastructure. Held each Tuesday from September 10 to November 19, the discussions take place in room 1020 of the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building at Dalhousie, from 12 – 1:30 p.m. The events are designed to encourage public engagement with local, national and international policy issues and are open to the public.
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